Plane crashes into ocean near San Diego with 6 passengers onboard
A small aircraft with six people on board crashed into the ocean about eight kilometre off the coast near San Diego on Sunday afternoon, according to US officials.
The US Coast Guard said it found debris near Point Loma and began looking for the wreckage in waters about 200 feet (61 metre) deep.
'The Coast Guard launched search efforts as soon as we received reports of the crash,' a Coast Guard spokesperson told the Associated Press(AP).
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the aircraft was a twin-engine Cessna 414. It went down around 12:30 pm, shortly after taking off.
Flight tracking website Flightaware.com showed that the plane was heading to Phoenix.
Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said they are investigating what caused the crash.
'We are working to determine the facts,' the NTSB said in a statement shared with AP.
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